†New house, for the Revd John Stark, 1874-75
£3,852
Destroyed in the Second World War
Amelia; Memorial; Robert Small, History of the Congregations of the
United Presbyterian Church from 1733 to 1900, Edinburgh 1904, vol.i,
p.224; Worsdall; McFadzean; ATSN no.12 January 1995;
In his letter to his brother George, 20th September 1872, Thomson
mentioned that “I made plans for John Stark but the cost when
estimated turned out too high and it is not yet decided what to do about
it.” It was eventually built in 1874-75: Thomson died during its
erection.
David Walker records that “this was built, and was at
Duntocher... It was lost in the Blitz. Alfred Lochead remembered it as
being 'uncommonly good and finely situated on the hillside...'.” The final cost quoted by Small
seems exaggerated.
Stark, the minister of Duntocher West United
Presbyterian Church, was Thomson's nephew and a close friend who wrote
the sketch of his life in 1883 for the Alexander Thomson Memorial.
